Raised Southern Baptist in North Carolina, the actor says playing gay characters turned shame into strength.
Michael Johnston says playing gay characters helped him accept himself before he came out
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Harmeet Dhillon is the first major Trump appointee to exit following the Republican midterm battering: ‘I wasn’t asked to resign’
‘My decision, my choice.’
Dhillon says she resigned three weeks ago, but Susie Wiles asked her to wait until after the midterms.
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Illinois woman exits a Gary casino and drives 36 miles the wrong way. Then she allegedly reveals why she called police “on herself” to a state trooper
A 42-year-old woman from Illinois faces multiple charges after she called 911 on herself while allegedly driving drunk in the wrong direction. Meisha Thomas was taken into custody over the weekend following events that began with a confusing call to emergency dispatchers and ended with a battery charge involving a state trooper, according to Law […]
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Miami woman moves into a new apartment with her 2 kids. 2 weeks later, she allegedly breaks into her neighbor’s home and hauls their furniture outside
A Miami couple came home from work last week to find their furniture dumped in their apartment complex’s rear common area. Police accuse their neighbor, 42-year-old Nicole Bottiglieri-Vega, of breaking in, according to Law & Crime. She faces charges of third-degree grand theft, contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child, criminal mischief, and […]
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Police say a Pennsylvania father killed his 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter at a Mount Lebanon parking garage in an apparent murder-suicide
Police responded to the area behind the Mt. Lebanon municipal building on Tuesday afternoon after three people were found unconscious near a parking garage. Investigators believe a father and his two young children died in an apparent murder-suicide, according to CBS. The county medical examiner identified them as 42-year-old Patrick Lynch, eight-year-old James Lynch, and […]
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Doctor reportedly made 2 failed attempts at a central line during a Tennessee execution in May, then was asked back for Christa Pike’s
Christa Pike has spoken out after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, and her lawyers had warned about her health beforehand. The Tennessee Department of Correction picked Dr. Mark Fowler to oversee Christa Pike’s execution even though he was involved in a failed execution attempt just four months earlier, according to People. This decision comes […]
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Digital artist hits 30 million views on a provocative animation of Duolingo mascot, then the company’s legal team gets involved
Duolingo has welcomed fan art, but this artist says its lawyers asked for removals.
A digital artist says Duolingo’s legal team asked them to delete artwork featuring one of the language-learning app’s characters after a suggestive animation reportedly approached 30 million views. The artist, known online as Movail, announced the removals on X on Nov. 3. The character involved is Lily, a purple-haired teenager who appears in Duolingo’s lessons. […]
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78-year-old woman intentionally blocks a delivery robot, then police arrive to arrest her: 'I wasn’t impeding any persons. I was impeding a machine’
Pennsylvania gives delivery robots pedestrian status, but they still have to yield to people.
A 78-year-old Philadelphia woman was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct after intentionally blocking a food delivery robot and refusing police orders to move. Carolyn Marvin says she was protesting delivery robots replacing human workers when officers intervened near Reading Terminal Market on Oct. 14. Marvin told CNN she hadn’t expected to be arrested because […]
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Man sits in front of family waiting to board flight at Florida airport. Then he allegedly starts urinating on the mother and son
A man allegedly turned the waiting area into his personal bathroom.
Everyone has experienced a bathroom emergency at some point, and sometimes the urgency can drive people to resort to breaking into stores. One man, however, allegedly relieved himself directly in front of a family who were waiting to board their flight at a Florida airport. The incident happened at around 11:38 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. […]
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Woman recalls being friends with a girl who allegedly casted spells on bullies to make them nicer, then returned her lost necklace to prove their bond
Getting her necklace back didn’t explain how her friend had it.
A woman says her seventh-grade friend returned a necklace she had spent weeks searching for after claiming she collected people’s belongings to cast spells on them. By then, Manila says, she was afraid that ending the friendship could make her a target. Manila, who posts on TikTok as @manila.333, recalls explaining that her family wanted […]
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Letterboxd could be the next addition to the New York Times bundle, with a reported $330 million deal said to be on the table
From The Athletic to Wordle to Letterboxd?
Brace yourselves, cinephiles: the place where you log every movie you watch, rank your favorites, and passive-aggressively rate your friends’ picks might be getting a new owner. According to a New York Times report, the Times Company is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Letterboxd. The reported price tag is around $330 million. The sources are […]
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Matthew Broderick went to Warren Beatty’s house for a quick, one-day meeting. Three months later, he still hadn’t left
The meeting never ended.
Broderick recalls that he even tried to use a trip to the gym as a reason to leave the property.
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Taika Waititi watches his $44m film Klara and the Sun bomb at the box office. Then he lashes out at reviewers: ‘Sad lost souls’
Sore loser?
“I haven't read a review of anything aimed at me or my peers in almost 15 years. But I do listen to the people.”
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‘Love and truth prevailed’: Chris Pappas makes history as first openly gay man elected to the Senate, defeating John Sununu in New Hampshire
Queering the halls of the senate!
Chris Pappas made history on Tuesday, becoming the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate after defeating Republican John E. Sununu in New Hampshire. But during his victory speech, the newly elected senator made sure to recognize someone who had stood beside him throughout the campaign: his husband, Vann Bentley. Speaking to supporters […]
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‘We would have won in a landslide!’: Trump has an excuse for Republican midterm losses, and it’s that he wasn’t on the ballot
He has a theory.
Donald Trump has found an explanation for why Republicans suffered major losses in the 2026 midterm elections: his name wasn’t on the ballot. The president took to Truth Social on Tuesday night as Democratic victories began piling up, claiming that the results would have looked very different if he had been running. “I wasn’t on […]
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